China's Smart Dragon-3 rocket launches satellites from sea

A Smart Dragon-3 rocket carrying the satellite group CentiSpace 02 blasts off from the sea near the city of Haiyang, east China's Shandong Province, March 22, 2026. (Photo by Guo Jinqi/Xinhua)

HAIYANG, Shandong, March 23 (Xinhua) -- A Smart Dragon-3 rocket lifted off on Sunday in east China's Shandong Province, sending the satellite group CentiSpace 02 into the planned orbit.

The rocket blasted off at 11:49 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the sea near the city of Haiyang. Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center conducted the offshore launch mission.

A Smart Dragon-3 rocket carrying the satellite group CentiSpace 02 blasts off from the sea near the city of Haiyang, east China's Shandong Province, March 22, 2026. (Photo by Guo Jinqi/Xinhua)

A Smart Dragon-3 rocket carrying the satellite group CentiSpace 02 blasts off from the sea near the city of Haiyang, east China's Shandong Province, March 22, 2026. (Photo by Guo Jinqi/Xinhua)

A Smart Dragon-3 rocket carrying the satellite group CentiSpace 02 blasts off from the sea near the city of Haiyang, east China's Shandong Province, March 22, 2026. (Photo by Guo Jinqi/Xinhua)